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was and author
and the author, who seemed the embodiment of France's rising spirit of resistance to her conquerors, was much complimented for his daring military action.
It was, of course, in this drawing of the balance sheet of judgment that he most clearly displayed his desire to do full justice to an author.
`` Tact '', by its very derivation, implies that its possessor keeps in touch with other people, but the author of Clericis Laicos and Unam Sanctam, the wielder of the two swords, the papal sun of which the imperial moon was but a dim reflection, the peer of Caesar and vice-regent of Christ, was so high above other human beings that he had forgotten what they were like.
Even D. A. Wasson, who compared The Emancipation Of Massachusetts to the lifting of a fog from ancient landscapes, was also forced to admit the methodological deficiencies of the author.
Afraid at one and the same time that his work might be turned down -- which would be a blow to his pride even though no one knew he was the author -- and that the work would be accepted, and then that his violent feelings in the matter would certainly betray how deeply concerned he was in spite of himself.
Ritter died in 1810 and Oersted not only lived to see the event occur but was the author of it.
But to return to the main line of our inquiry, it is doubtful that Utopia is still widely read because More was medieval or even because he was a martyr -- indeed, it is likely that these days many who read Utopia with interest do not even know that its author was a martyr.
The medieval was the most important to Chambers because he sought to place Thomas More, the author of Utopia, in some intelligible relation with St. Thomas More, the martyr.
Postmaster General J. Edward Day, who must deal with matters of postal censorship, is himself author of a novel, Bartholf Street, albeit one he was obliged to publish at his own expense.
In all of this extensive and expensive effort, the camera was downgraded to the status of recording instrument for art work produced elsewhere by the actor or by the author.
The dialogue is sharp, witty and candid -- typical `` don't eat the daisies '' material -- which has stamped the author throughout her books and plays, and it was obvious that the Theatre-by-the-Sea audience liked it.
The Latin author Apuleius was born in Madaurus ( Mdaourouch ), in what later became Algeria.
The name Asia Minor was given by the Latin author Orosios in the 4th century AD.
The term android was used in a more modern sense by the French author Auguste Villiers de l ' Isle-Adam in his work Tomorrow's Eve ( 1886 ).
He founded Interview Magazine and was the author of numerous books, including The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and Popism: The Warhol Sixties.
Alfred Elton van Vogt ( April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000 ) was a Canadian-born science fiction author regarded as one of the most popular and complex science fiction writers of the mid-twentieth century: the " Golden Age " of the genre.
An early and articulate critic was the noted author Damon Knight.
On the other hand, when science fiction author Philip K. Dick was asked which science fiction writers had influenced his work the most, he replied:
Charles Dickens was a prominent English author of the 19th century.
Leo Tolstoy was a prominent Russian author of the 19th century.
James Joyce was a prominent Irish author of the 20th century.

was and Rehearsal
His next venture for the BBC was a one-hour special, Sykes Directs a Dress Rehearsal, playing a harassed director in a fictional TV studio rehearsal room, just before going live to air.
It was followed by The Critic ( 1779 ), an updating of the satirical Restoration play The Rehearsal, which received a memorable revival ( performed with Oedipus Rex in a single evening ) starring Laurence Olivier as Mr Puff, opening at the New Theatre on 18 October 1945 as part of an Old Vic Theatre Company season.
His earliest notable success was made in A Pantomime Rehearsal, a short play ( parodying incompetent amateur theatricals ) with which he was associated for many years.
Grossmith's last stage appearance was in 1918, in his old role of Lord Arthur Pomeroy in A Pantomime Rehearsal, with an all-star cast including Charles Hawtrey, Fay Compton, Irene Castle and Rutland Barrington, at a charity matinée attended by King George V, Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra.
Damian was lead singer for Landmarq and recorded four non-Progressive singer-songwriter solo studio albums ( Cosmas, Disciple, Live in Rehearsal and Let's Start a Commune ).
In 1947, a 27-minute black-and-white short subject entitled Rehearsal: The Bell Telephone Hour, was released to theaters.
Matthew Prior, in dedicating his Poems on Several Occasions ( 1709 ) to Dorset's son, affirms that his opinion was consulted by Edmund Waller ; that the Duke of Buckingham deferred the publication of his Rehearsal until he was assured that Dorset would not rehearse upon him again ; and that Samuel Butler and Wycherley both owed their first recognition to him.
The Rehearsal was a satirical play aimed specifically at John Dryden and generally at the sententious and overly ambitious theatre of the Restoration tragedy.
If " heroic drama " is understood only as the writings of Dryden in an heroic vein, then perhaps The Rehearsal was a success.
Dryden was unable or unwilling to pursue heroic drama for long after The Rehearsal came out.
Whether The Rehearsal or the she-tragedy made popular by the acting of Elizabeth Barry did it, there was a turn away from the Classical heroes of Dryden's heroic drama.
In fact, the trend toward absurdly lofty bombast and sentiment was so strong that Richard Brinsley Sheridan reworked The Rehearsal for his play, The Critic ( 1779 ), where the target was the inflated importance and prose of theater criticism.
In 1985 her new book, Theater Games for Rehearsal: A Director's Handbook, was published.
The controversy was rekindled somewhat after the release in 1997 of his autobiography, Life Is Not a Rehearsal, in which he described a history of sexual excesses.
"' Rehearsal for War ' 6, 1937 was unquestionably anti-Franco, which was exactly what liberal staff members had intended.
This incident was later described by Galich in the story Generalnaya Repetitsiya ( Dress Rehearsal ).
This version was recorded live in the band's rehearsal space in a similar fashion to their recent June 2010 Rehearsal EP.

was and amusing
Duclos understood what was bothering Rousseau: that the writer of the Prosopopoeia of Fabricius should now become known as the writer of an amusing little operetta.
Benita Valente was delightful as the young wife and John Parella was amusing as the tutor who failed to do all his tutoring.
In an interview, Brooks mentioned a conversation he'd had with Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader, in which Schrader said that Brooks's character was the only one in the movie that he could not " understand " – a remark that Brooks found amusing, as the movie's antihero was a psychotic loner.
Munch was pleased with the " great commotion ", and wrote in a letter: " Never have I had such an amusing time — it's incredible that something as innocent as painting should have created such a stir.
Another belief held by the group that Gardner found amusing was that a lamp hanging from one of the ceilings was the disguised holy grail of Arthurian legend.
An amusing anecdote is about Henry III's attending the French Parlement, as Duke of Aquitaine ; however, the King of England was always late because he liked to stop each time he met a priest to hear the mass, so Louis made sure no priest was on the way of Henry III.
By exploring ideas about Roman loyalty, Greek deceit, and differences in ethnicity, “ Plautus in a sense surpassed his model .” He was not content to rest solely on a loyal adaptation that, while amusing, was not new or engaging for Rome.
The book was reviewed in the New York Times by Malcolm Cowley, who wrote, " Mr. White has a tendency to write amusing scenes instead of telling a story.
There ain't nothin ' funny about a drunk [...] I was really starting to believe that there was something amusing and wonderfully American about being a drunk.
The theatre was filled with his friends and fellow workers, anxious to see what they expected to be an amusing disaster.
However, these horoscopes, as well as the characteristics assigned on the basis of the year one was born, are considered amusing rather than accurate predictors.
The editor of the Times laughed out loud when he read it, saying ' an official document is seldom amusing and useful yet this was both.
" In several interviews he later reflected on the significance of the comedic line: " I thought it was amusing, but it never occurred to me that it was going to become a trademark.
He tried to help around the house, although occasionally he botched tasks due to his great size and strength, but is otherwise considered quite a catch by the Addamses for his skill at more personal tasks, such as waxing Uncle Fester's head and amusing the children ( to whom he was deeply devoted ).
Hortense was described as having been an amusing and pretty child with long, pale golden-blonde hair and blue eyes.
Though differing with Whistler on several points, including his insistence that poetry was a higher form of art than painting, Oscar Wilde was generous in his praise and hailed the lecture a masterpiece: " not merely for its clever satire and amusing jests … but for the pure and perfect beauty of many of its passages.
This early incarnation of the show is notable as being the origin of the show's tradition of having the performers read the credits in an amusing style ; as it was a radio show, it was necessary for somebody to read the credits, and it was decided that it might as well be done as part of the programme proper, rather than being done by a traditional BBC Radio announcer.

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